Chapter 23 Setting Foot in Albaya

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• “Friend, Mariella; Lumaro here will be going to Albaya too and this is his first time here in our country. So, I took the liberty to invite him to just come along with me. I will just drop him off in a hotel in the city.” Leslie informed her friend, whose eyebrows raised upon hearing her friend’s statement.
• “Ms. Mariella, Ms. Leslie, it is okay; I will just find a cab to bring me to Albaya. Do you know of a hotel or lodging house where I can stay in Albaya?” Lumaro interrupted when he saw the reaction of Leslie’s friend, whom she called as Mariella.